The Sun. — London, England, 1838-06-23 00:00:00

THE DESTITUTE POLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Paris, June 12, 1838. . . SlR,—Your reiterated appeals and liberal subscriptions in favour of the unfortunate Poles who are now perishing in the streets and public parks of London have had that effect on my mind, which practice and preaching are best calculated to produce on those who generously deem all mankind their fellow creatures, whatever their creed, colour, coun try, or calling may be, in spite even of the unfeeling adage that " cha rity begins at borne," where it too often terminates, without the neces sity which prudence dictates to me, on whom many such claims exist, some whereof are not quite extinguished in the opinions naturally of the individuals who make them. Be this as it may, while the grass grows the noble steed may perish of hunger, and the stable door be opened when too late to preserve the life of the pcor animal from destruction by fire, or, a still more remorse less fate, by famine. Let every benevolent Briton and warmhearted Ilibernian for a moment reflect on their own situations, were he or she exposed in a foreign land to the miseries of poverty, sickness, and tyran nical sway combined, without the smallest hopes of relief, merely be cause a portion of the natives of that country were not themselves alto gether free from many evils which flesh is heir to—even amidst rela tives, friends, and fellow citizens. Under such circumstances, would not one and all of us, whether English, Welch, Scottish, or Irish, curse the barbarous selfishness of the nation among whom our wretched lot had been cast, in the conviction that many persons were able, if willing, to spare a trifle to hapless strangers perishing from sheer starvation, without using the hypocritical subterfuge which a homely proverb already quoted affords, generally at . no expense but a few worthless words. There are thousands in the united kingdom who can better spare tanpence or one shilling than I can the ten pounds herewith sent you, because I have numerous demands on my bounty that never can be sa tisfied, though, thanks to Providence, none upon just claims, which en ables me in extreme emergencies to be liberal, having no creditors who can upbraid me for what might otherwise prove an ostentatious fraud or folly. Anonymous donations depend on various motives that we need not too minutely scan; when openly avowed their objects become evident enough, whether laudable or not; and as few subscribers to what are considered loyal objects are ashamed of seeing their names, I need not blush to publish mine, in the hope, however humble, of setting the ex ample, so far as It will go, to others not less humane, but who, from modesty, inadvertency, or perhaps the latent fear of' giving offence to the Royal and Aristocratical rulers of the earth, or to the holy alliance of the North against progressive knowledge, rational liberty, and universal happiness. Having nothing to dread or expect from those almighty personages in the twilight of a protracted existence, I embrace the op portunity of entering the lists of the comparative small number whom your animated exertions in The Sun have yet roused to open their purses, and expand their hearts in so glorious a cause as that of the brave Poles, who have been driven by the tempests of absolute power to seek a temporary asylum in the free kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, where I fervently pray they may still find it, from your magnani mous efforts on their behalf. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. BORTHWICK GILCHRIST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A very sensible article which I have read in your Journal o this evening respecting an Oxford Railway, induces me to remind you of a coincidence, which shows that the resident members of what are called our seminaries of sound learning, are, indeed, behind the rest o society in practical wisdom. The heads of the College at Eton, as wel• as those of the University of Oxford, oppose the Railway system, whilst our merchants are hailing it as highly advantageous to commercial pur suits, and •ur most enlightened men rejoice in it as a valuable accessory to mental collision and improvement. The result of the conflict ought to be a revision of the constitution of those bodies, and of the principles upon which they are conducted. I could give many examples of the evils which have ensued from their inconsistent ad herence to old and ridiculous customs and prepossessions, and that absurd laxity of discipline which encourages wanton and mis. chievous habits; but it is sufficient to advert to the recent instance of immediate injury which happened to the son of Lord Sondes, from a pre posterous frolic, the practice of which had well nigh proved fatal to him, but which, like others, has been sanctified by time, and which, therefore, according to the pristine notions of the principals, it would be gross and wicked innovation to prohibit. The elders of these esta blishments scent, indeed to be so enamoured of their classic fable of Pro. crustes and his bed, as to be desirous of limiting the expanding energies of the country by their own confined and antiquated views. But, I sub mit to you, that they ought rather to assist and direct the progress of science and art, and to adapt their own regulations to the improved con dition and the altered sentiments and habits of society. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A NON-RESIDENT CANTAI3. London, June 21, 1838. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 22.—1 n Harbour—The Britannia, 120, flag-ship ; Victory, 104, ordinary guard ship; Excellent, gunnery ship; Royal George, yacht; Apollo, troop ship; Pantaloon, 10; Arrow, ketch; Crack, cutter ; and tenders Fanny, Emerald, and Gossamer. In the Basin—The Herald, 28. In Dock—The Seaflower, cutter, and Pincher. At Spithead—The Athol], troop ship. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, fee., DURING THE WEEK. On Saturday, the 16th, sailed the Termagant, gun brig, for Ply. mouth, and the coast of Africa—On Tuesday, the 19th, arrived the Gipsy, tender, from Sheerness—On Thursday, sailed the Gipscy, for the eastward, with volunteer seamen for the ships fitting there; and on Friday, arrived the Athol], troop ship, from Quebec, with invalids from the Ist Royals, the 15th, the 43d, and 65th. Wednesday, the 20th, being the anniversary of her Majesty's acces sion to the Throne, the usual Royal salutes were fired by the Britannia and Excellent; the day was, however, very stormy, and the tattered condition of the royal standards and other flags that were displayed at the top-gallant mast-heads, after having been only hoisted a short time, added tp the sombre appearance of the whole scene. The Athol], from the boisterous state of the weather, having parted a cable at Spithead, has just run into harbour. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT GARDEN MARKET. The late rains have caused vegetation to be very luxuriant, and the supply this morning was very good of all descriptions, and the demand brisk. The market had every appearance of great bustle and business. Asparagus, 25. 6d. to ss. per bundle; Celery, gd. to Is. Cd. per bole; Onions, 3s. to ss. per dozen bunches ; Carrots, As. to 12s. ; Turnips, ss. to 75.; Apples, 6s. (id. to 12.5. per bushel; Rhubarb, 3d, to 4d. per bundle; Strawberries, 2s. to 3s. 6d. per pottle; Cherries, Is. to 2s. Gd. per lb. ; Gooseberries, 3s. to 4s. Gd. per sieve ; Currants, 4s. to 7s. ; Pease, ss. to 7s. ; French Beans, 2s. to 33. 6d. per hundred ; New Po. tatoes, 3d. to Sd, per lb. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supply good of all kinds, and every appearance of considerable busi ness doing. Fish cheap : Turbot ss. to 15s. ; Lobsters good, Is. to 6d. each ; Mackarel 4d. to 6d. each ; Whiting 3d. to .sd. each ; Salmon good, Is. 3d. to Is. 6d. per lb. Meat in fair supply : Beef 7d. to Bd. and 81d. ; Mutton 7d to Sid. ; Veal Sd. to 9d. ; Pork 7d, to 81d. Vegetables in considerable plenty, and prices lower. In Hay and Clover no variation. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat of all kinds is very good, and trade tolerably brisk, prices unva tied. Beef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, 4s. Sd. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Poultry in large supply, snd trade but moderate prices rather lower. The following are the quotations of each of the articles enumerated :-Leverets, ss. ; Fowls, ds. to 66. ; Chickens, Is. to 25.; Rabbits, Is. 6d. ; Turkeys, ss. ; Goslings, 4s. to 6s. ; Duck lings, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; 6d. and 9d. Eggs in good demand, and prices better. Quotation 4s. 9d. to ss. 9d. per 125. Plover eggs out of season. CITY FISH MARKET. Supply to-day good, and prices low. Turbot, 4s. to 15s. ; Salmon, Is. and Is. Gd. per lb. for good; Mackarel, 3d. to 6d. each; Whiting, 2d. to 4d. each ; Haddock, 3d. to Gd. each ; Soles dear; Lobsters, 9d. to 3 s. each. Trade brisk. HAY MARKET. Supplies to-day are moderate ; and the demand not so brisk, owing to the rapid growth of the grass—prices much as before. Meadow Hay 100 s. to 108 s ; Clover ditto 105 s. to 115 s. and 120 s. ; Straw 38s. to 42. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. There has not been any great business done in this department during the week; and the few transactions in Raw Sugar for refining may be attributed to the unsettled state of the question of drawback, 1,000 hhds. only of British Plantation having been sold. Raw Sugar of all kinds may be quoted 6d. to Is. lower than last week; Refined ls. lower. Coffee unaltered in price; Tea flat and lower; Rice steady; Spices flat and drooping ; Rum unaltered in price, and Cotton firm. The im ports and exports have been light, but the deliveries are good. A fair business is advertised for next week, but nothing after Wednesday. June 22. rer fon s. Walls End Belmont Walls End ISraddyll's Iletton 23 0 Walls Lind Hetton '3 0 Walls End Stewart's '23 9 Walls End Adulaida 2l 0 • Walls End Tees 2l 0 Walls End Victoria Tees 2O 3 I Howard's Netherton Main Pi 0 ; Nevill's Llanelly t's C I Stavelcy Main lee last market-day, 9. ' . COAL MAR Per Ton. s. a. Carr's Hartley l9 0 Hebburn Main l9 6 Holywell Leaze's Main Pontop Windsor lB 6 South Hartley lB 6 Wylain l9 6 Walls End C;osforth Walls End Killingworth Walls End Benshitin :2O 0 Ships anises' sin' COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TIIE WEEK. I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease. Pcr Quarter. Is.to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to S. s, to s. 13 1andford 64 66 27 35 23 24 40 - _ 160 66 23 24 18 26 31 44 30 32 Carnbridge--. 65 34 25 40 38 Chard 60 68 21 28 20 22 38 40 34 40 nuntingdon— 53 00' 34 38 24 29 38 42 Long Sutton-- 58 63 10 20 30 34 Louth 53 67 21 25 18 26 30 37 t Newark ----..—.. 57 59 '24 31 19 28 31 471 32 Nottingham .44 59 28 31 19 23 35 42 Peterborooigh 49 62 35 42. 22 29 36 43 Plymouth 140 58 30 34 20 2:3 Pontefract 67 43 '27 43 Sleaford , 65 70 30 38 22 28 41 43 .._ ll l)pingham ~ 43 61 24 30 18 28 32 44 113 62 20 Ino 32 Tri r TT n Vt. c _AATn trlytt that the libera THE SHERIFFS.—We trust that th, liberal electors of the city of London will not permit the ultra-Tories to foist Sheriffs upon them, which seems to be the object of Mr. Alderman Copeland's letter. We would have them bestir themselves in time, lest their opponents should succeed on Monday next. Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, who is of Liberal Whig principles, and his brother Alderman, Mr. Johnson, who stands in the Aldermanic interest of the Ultras, are to be preferred to Mr. Ambrose Moore and Mr. Joshua Wilson. There are to be grand doings on Thursday at Lea rnington. " Our loyal Spa," gays the Leamington Chronicle, " has Made spirited preparations to testify attachment to her Majesty': person and throne." The most commendable feature in the day, to our mind, is the public dinner. According to the Chronicle, " there will be 16 tables for adults, capable of seating 160 each; and 13 tables for the Children of the Schools, to the number of 1,500 ; so that the number e xpected to dine is 4,060, exclusive of the Stewards and Assistants, of *horn there will be 10 to each table. •Nearly 5,000 lbs. weight of meat Ind about 3,000 lbs. of plum pudding will be provided for the occasion. On the day of the approaching Coronation of her l 'a.lesty at Westminster Abbey, the Governor of the Tower, it is said, w ill give a splendid dinner to the Wardens and Officers connected with that Government establishment, and a ball in celebration of the ores 'l°o• A grand display of fire-works in the evening null be exhibited from the batteries of the Tower facing the hid, and there will also be given to the civilians ale and beer. As soon as the day breaks a Royal Salute will be fired from the ramparts. We learn that, during the present season, there is not a duck, and rarely a hen, to be found in our poultry market. It a ppears that there are persons s t a tioned on all the roads leading into the to wn to buy th em up b c f ors th ey reac h th e mar k e t, f o r the purpose of sen ding, : them by the steamers to the London and Edinburgh markets.— , Advertiser. THE CORONATION COUNCIL-OFFICE, WHITEHALL, JUNE 22. These are to give notice, that printed copies of the Form and Order of the Divine Service to be used at her Majesty's Corona tion, have been sent to this Office ; and that one copy thereof will be delivered to each Peer, Privy Councillor, and Member of Par liament, who has duly signified to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, his intention to be present at the solem nity, on written application being made at this Office, in the course of to-morrow, Monday, and Tuesday next, between the hours of twelve and five o'clock. C. C. GREVILLE EARL MARSHAL'S ORDERS. All persons having tickets of admission to the Choir of West minster Abbey on the day of the Coronation, not being Peers, are to appear in the full. Court Dress, Uniform, or Regimentals, usually worn at her Majesty's Drawing Rooms. The Knights of the respective Orders are to wear their Collars. The Ladies, who have Peers' tickets for admission into the tran septs of Westminster Abbey on the day of the Coronation, will ap pear in Court Dresses, without feathers, lappets, or trains; the Gentlemen in Uniform or Full Dress. Those Ladies holding Tickets for the Galleries over the Choir, or other seats not within the Choir, may appear in Evening Dress, without feathers ; and Gentlemen may appear either in Court Dress, Uniform, or Evening Dress ; but no person present at the solemnity is to appear in mourning. No person will be permitted to pass into Westminster Abbey on the day of the Coronation, except on production of a ticket issued by me and under my seal; or to walk in the procession, unless his name or office be mentioned in the ceremonial. The Gentlemen-at-Arms, who will guard her Majesty, are to remain at the foot of the steps ascending to the theatre, and are especially ordered not to advance any farther. The officers of the Yeoman of the Guard and the Exons are to stand within and near to the choir door, and the Yeoman of the Guard in the nave on the outside of the entrance to the choir. The instructions framed by her Majesty's Secretary of State for securing the commodious access and return of carriages to and from the Abbey must, to prevent confusion, be followed in every particular. NORFOLK, Earl Marshall. We observe that our friends north of the Tweed arc all on the qui vive on this interesting occasion, and that in every town and village, the 28th is to be kept as a day of rejoicing. We are much gratified to Icarn that in the beautiful little town of Kirk cudbright, which, by the bye, is the nearest Scottish port, via Li verpool, from London, the incorporated trades are to celebrate the event in a very peculiar, and, what we at the same time consider, a most appropriate manner. We have seen the subjoined corre spondence, which will explain to our readers the intention of the Kirkcudbrians on this joyous occasion. . . Kirkcudbright, June 6, 1838. My Lord—As Secretary to the six Incorporated Trades of this Burgh, I take the liberty of acquainting your Lordship that the Trades have resolved to shoot for the " Siller-gun" on the 28th inst., in honour of her Majesty's coronation. The " Siller-gun" was presented to the town of Kirkcudbright by King James the Sixth of Scotland, and First of England, for the purpose, as it is believed, of being occasionally shot for, in order to accustom the lieges to the use of fire-arms. This Royal gift has been only con tended for twice within the memory of the oldest inhabitant of this place, viz., upon the day on which the late King George the Fourth attained his majority, and upon the day on which the pre sent Earl of Selkirk, who is Lord of the Manor here, also attained his majority. Being a royal gift from one of her Majesty's royal ancestors, the Incorporated Trades of this town conceive that a more appropriate occasion could not occur for again contending for this royal prize than the day of ker Majesty's Coronation ; and they trust that this manner of evincing their loyalty and attachment to their Sovereign will meet with her Majesty's most gracious approbation. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, DAVID NIVEN. To the Most Noble the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, London. St. James's Palace, June 12, 1833. Sir Henry Wheatley begs to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Niven's letter of the 6th instant, addressed to the Marquis of Conyngham, and in reply is honoured with the Queen's commands to signify that her Majesty cannot but approve of the loyalty and attachment to be evinced by the inhabitants of the Borough of Kirkcudbright, on the occasion of her Majesty's Coronation. To David Niven, Esq., Secretary, &c. &c. &c. to the Incorporated Trades, Kirkcudbright. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at the New Palace. The Duchess de I'almella, Portuguese Ambassadress, had an audi ence of her Majesty. _ . The Marshal Duke of Dalmatia, Ambassador Extraordinary from his Majesty the King of the French, came in state with his suite in three carriages to the Palace, and had an audience of the Queen to deliver his credentials. The Duchess de Palmella and his Excellency the Duke of Dalmatia were introduced by Lord Glenelg (officiating for Viscount Palmerston), one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and conducted by Sir It. Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Marshal afterwards presented to her Majesty the following mem bers of his Embassy :—Marquis de Dalmatia, Marquis de Mornay, Count de La Ferte Champlatreux, Count de Choiseul Praslen, Duke de Vicence, Marquis d'F.yragues, Colonel Maudet, Baron de Finan, M. Fhilarete Chafles, le Marquis de Bassano, and Count de Tournon. Later in the afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours ar rived at the Palace, attended by le Lieutenant General Count E. Col bert, le Marshal de Camp Boyer, M. le Marquis de Berenger, and M. le Count de Beam.' His Royal Highness, accompanied by Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, had an audience of her Majesty. His Royal Highness was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Noblemen and Gentlemen of his suite were afterwards presented by his Royal Highness to her Majesty. The Court was attended by Lady Lyttelton, Lady in waiting ; Earl of Uxbridge, Lord in waiting ; Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Clerk Marshal ; Hon. C. A. Murray, Master of the Houschuld ; Vice. Admiral Sir Robert Otway, G . spom in waiting ; and Cols nel Wemyss, Equerry in waiting. The Queen gave a sitting yesterday morning to Mr. Samuel Cousins, A.R. A., for the final completion of the engraving from Chalon's State portraits of her Majesty. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Earl of Surrey, the Earl of Belfast, Viscount Melbourne, and Mr. Brand, joined the Royal circle at dinner, on Wednesday, at the new Palace. Baron Van de Capelien, the Netherlands Ambassador Extraordinary, and the Baroness de Capellen, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday afternoon at the new Palace. Ahmed Fet-ky Pasha, a distinguished Vizier, who filled the office of Ottoman Ambassador at Vienna, has been sent by the Sultan to repre. sent his Highness at the approaching Coronation of her Majesty, but having been detained by illness at Matta, Sarim Effendi, the resident Ambassador in London, will till that honourable situation. His Ex cellency intends giving a series of grand entertainments, and on the day of the Coronation, a splendid illumination and exhibition of fireworks, in front of the Embassy, in the Regent's Park. Marshal Soult, Duke de Dalmatia, was presented to Viscount Mel bourne, in Downinz-street, by Count Sebastianl, the French Ambas sador. Earl Talbot and Mr. Wallace, M.P., had interviews with Viscount Melbourne. The Earl of rfarewood, Lord Seaford, Sir A. Grant, and other Noblemen and Gentlemen of the West India Association, had an inter view with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Gillon, M P., Mr. Gibson Craig, M.P., with a deputation of the Edinburgh coachmakers, had au interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thursday. Her Majesty gave a concert last evening at the New Palace. The company began to arrive shortly iscfore ten o'clock, Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda arrived at ten o'clock. The Duke de Nemours ; the Princess Augusta, attended by Lady Mary Pelham and Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley ; the Duke of Sussex ; the Duchess of Gloucester, accompanied by the Princess Au gusta of Cambridge, and attended by Lady Gcorgiana Bathurst, also ar rived at the same time. Their Royal Highnesses were received by the band of the Royal Horse Guards, who were stationed in the Marble.hall, with " God save the Queen," and were conducted by the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, the Hon. Mrs. Brand, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Colonel Wemyss, to the State Rooms. Her Majesty entered the Grand Saloon, accompanied by the Boyal Family, at half-past ten o'clock. The concert then commenced. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George of Cam bridge, attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, arrived at eleven o'clock. The following was the programme : PARTE PRIIIA. Duo, " Ditto tel chieggo," Madame Grisi e Signor Rubini (Parisina)... Duo, " Quanto amore," Madame Persiani e Signor Lablache (Elisir d' Amore) Aria, " Ove a me," Signor Tamburini (1* Briganti) Duo, " Ricciardo the veggo," Madame Persiani a Sig. nor Rubibi (Ricciardo) Aria," Sogno ta!or," Madams Grisi (Parisina) Duo, " Del tuo term," Madame Albcrtazzi a Signor Tamburini (Malek Adel) Aria, " Come per inc sereno," Madame Persiani (Sonnambula) Quartetto, " A te, 0 cara," Madame Grisi, Signori • Rubini, Lablache, e Tamburini (Puritans) DONIZETTI, DONIZETTI. MERCADANTE. Rossuci. PARTE SECONDA. Duo, " Si the un figlio," Signori Rubini e Lablache (I. Briganti) Aria, " Ombra che voli," Madame Grisi (Malrk Add) COSTA. Duo, " Di capricci di smorfictte," Madame Periani e Signor Tamburini (Matilde di Shabran) Aria, " Pasci ii guarda," Signor Rubini (Sonnambula) BELLINI. Duo, " Suppi che un rio doverc," Madame Grisi Madame Albertazzi (Bianca c Fa11ier0)...... ..... ROS,INI. Aria, Signor Lablache. Finale, " Qual pensicr," Madame Grisi, Madame Al bertazzi, Signori Rubini, Lablache, e Tamburini (Malek Adel) ... COSTA. --- --- Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will give a grand banquet on the sth of next month at Cam bridge House to a distingished party of the Foreign Ambassadors Ex traordinary. The whole of the guests will appear in uniforms or Court dresses, and after dinner go to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester's grand ball, at which her Majesty and the whole of the Royal Family will be present. The Hon. Captain Hood (eldest son of Lord and Lady Bridport) will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Lady Mary Hill, the lovely and accomplished daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire. Sir Thomas Cochrane entertained at dinner on Thursday his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Neapo tan Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, the Duchess Dowager of Richmond, the Duchess of Canizzaro, the Earls of Eglintoun and Car. narvon, Viscount and viscountess Melville, Viscountess Forbes, Lord George and Miss Quin, Viscounts Combermere and Dahneny, Colonel Cornwall, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Mr. Hohnes, &c. A dinner party was given on Wednesday last, the 20th, by General Sir Loftus Otway, in Park crescent. Captain Houlton, Ensign of the Yeoman Guard, and T. N. Reeve, Esq., Stanclard.Bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentle mcn-at.Arms, received the honour of Knighthood at the Levee on Thursday. It should be mentioned to the honour of Marshal Soult, that he erected a monument to General Moore at Corunna, which we believe remains to this day. The railway coach, from Banbury to Denbigh Hall, now leaves Banbury at nine o'clock in the morning, so that passengers reach London by three o'clock. • Mr. Papineau, the Canadian Chieftain, has suc ceeded in reading Philadelphia fate. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1838. LAW APPOINTMENTS. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) The public will learn with great pleaswe that the Attorney.. General has been appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Ball succeeds to the office of Attorney-General, and having vacated his seat, by the acceptance of the office, is now on his way to Clonme!, once mere to address his con stituents. Mr. Curry, the Member for Armagh, is to be the new Sergeant. The Seargeantcy being rather a post of honour than of profit, the Learned Gentleman will not have to meet his constituents on the hustings. That these appointments will be welcomed with satisfaction —we might say, indeed, with delight—by every man whose opinion is worth having on the subject, admits of no question. * # * We should have closed this paragraph here, had we not another and a very important communication to make on the subject of these appointments—had we not to detail circumstances which the public, we are satisfied, will think highly honourable to all the parties concerned. On the death of the late Chief Baron, Mr. Woulfe commu nicated his readiness to waive the claim which, as Attorney- General, he had to the vacant place on the bench, in favour of Mr. O'Connell. We must say, we think this conduct highly creditable to Mr. Woulfe ; but, indeed, it is such as we might naturally have expected from the manly character of the Right Honourable Gentleman. He felt that the public services of Mr. O'Connell were worthy the highest honours the Adminis tration had it in their power to bestow, and he placed her Ma jesty's Ministers in a position to evince their high esti mate of those services, by tendering the high office vacant to, certainly far and away, the most important Representative that Ireland sends to the Imperial Parliament. The offer was, accordingly, made in the handsomest and most cordial terms; and the very fact is sufficient to show the utter futility of the rumours previously put into circulation by the Tories, that Go vernment, forsooth, would not have the courage to make such an offer to a man so thoroughly—to his honour be it spoken—so cordially hateful in Tory eyes. For our own parts, as ardent advocates for the present system of policy, or, if the reader will, as partizans of the Government, we are glad the offer has been made and pressed. It will silence a world of silly rigmarolery, which we have been compelled to hear and to read upon the subject. It was, in one word, an offer worthy of the Government to make, and of Mr. O'Connell to receive. But the Hon. and Learned Gentleman declined the offer, partly on the ground of the nature of the business regarding tithes, with which the Court of Exchequer has so long been occupied, and in the discussion of which, as a public man, Mr. O'Connell had taken so very prominent a part. It was then intimated to the Honourable Gentleman, that this difficulty might be removed, by elevating Mr. O'Lough. len to the Exchequer, and placing Mr. O'Connell in the Rolls. It is well known to the profession, and to his friends, that the Rolls was precisely the Court which Mr. O'Connell would have selected. It was understood, in fact, to be when he was engaged in the active duties of his profession, the le gitimate object of his professional ambition. And, consider ing the active, the exciting life of Mr. O'Connell, the pro digious wear and tear of his physical powers—(his mental energies appear to defy the assaults of labour and of time) — the office of Master of the Rolls would seem to be the one pre cisely suitable to the man who had fought the good fight for his country, and for whom his country was ready to provide an honourable, but, at the same time, an active retirement. But Mr. O'Connell is of opinion that the battle is not yet won. He thinks his services in Parliament necessary for the promotion of his country's interest and honour—for the esta blishment of her tranquillity and freedom. He has, therefore, sacrificed his own personal interests—we may say himself—to the paramount sense of the duty which he feels—of the affec tion which he bears to Ireland. Mr. O'Connell, it is but too well known, is not rich—it is, too, notorious that the sums which his grateful countrymen subscribed, as a tribute for his services in the public cause, have been dissipated in the politi cal struggles in which he has been engaged to promote that cause ; and yet he throws all these considerations aside—the ease and tranquillity—which men prize as the reward for an active life, in the evening of their career—the income of office, and the dignity of the Bench. We confess (but it is Parmenius that speaks and not Alexander) that were we in the position of the Hon. Gentle man, we should think that we had fully earned the reward— and that we were entitled to a splendid retirement. We are further of opinion, that every reasonable and prudent man would approve the choice. But, we do believe, at the same time, and we are hound in candour to state the opinion, that the Irish public would be deeply grieved—pained, perhaps — by Mr. O'Connell's retirement at this crisis. They think him necessary in the House—they regard his services as indis pensable. And, in this, the general opinion, he has proved to demonstration, by the heavy sacrifices he has made, that he concurs. VESTRY MEETING at GREENWICH. REFUSAL OF A CHURCH-RATE —AND VOTE • OF CENSURE ON THE VICAR. On Thursday evening a Vestry was held at the Grey Coat School-room. The VICAR in the Chair. • Mr. Churchwarden HARDING—Having been elected to the office of Churchwarden, in a manner unprecedented in the parish of Greenwich, he (Mr. Harding) was determined to do his duty faithfully.---(Cheers.) It was generally the good fortune of the warden to be in the receipt of a balance which enabled him to carry on the business for some time. That was not his case. He was compelled to state to the parsih that he was without means to discharge the duties of his office. Church-rates were by law established.—(No, no. Yes, yes.) If the law did not establish Church -rates, it recognized one if they made it.-,(Cries of " Ah, ah !" you'll not get one.") If any gentleman would propose a rate for him, he should feel greatly obliged.—( Cheers. ) Mr. HALE moved that the question of making a Church rate be adjourned to that day twelvemonths.—( Cheers.) Mr. HAITRAFT seconded the motion. Mr. C. A. SMITH would not enter into the abstract ques tion.—( Laughter.) That was not a question for vestries (Oh, oh !) The questio n w as wheth e r a c h urc h -rate was *re quired, and if so, of what amount ?—( None, none.) A ny body might as well move that the questi on b e a dj ourned for eec hundred years, as for twelve months. Church -rates were held by as good a title as any gentleman held his land by at this moment. —( No, no.) He moved that a Ch urc h -rate of two pence in the pound be granted.—( Cheers from the Tories ) Mr. BROWNFIELD seconded the motion. W. S. NORTHOUSE, Esq., said they (the opponents of the rate) had been asked to name a single text of Scripture that justified their proceedings. Was there not one text, founded on the greatest principle that ever knit so c i e t y tog e ther " Do unto - others, as ye would that others should do unto you " It was said that the adjournment was set aside, becaus e one churchwarden had gone out, and another was come in. Never k‘ as there a more miserable sophism.—(Loud cheers.) if that meeting agreed to make any rate, that rate would be decidedly illegal.—(Tremendous cheers.) He took the same s , round that Hampden took in the matter of ship money, W h en l'.le declared that he would not submit to be taxed without his own consent.—(Cheers. ) This paltry amount—this two penny rate—this establishment of a great despotic principle_ they were bound to resist to the utmost.-4 Cheers.) A Church-rate was contrary to the very character of Protest antism. Was not the term Protestant given in consequence of a protest made against an edict of the Emperor Charl es V ., requiring all his subjects to support the Church . of R ome ? Such was the origin of Protestantism. hat was the con duct of the Protestant Church of England? They said to Dissenters, we will impose on you a compulsory Ch urch-rate to support our Protestant Establishment ; if you refuse to pay, we will immediately take your goods; and if y ou h ave no goods, we will take yonr bodies, and immure them in our ecclesiastical dungeons.---(Loud and long continued cheering.) The power to make a rate was in them selves. Before the Reformation all Church property was devoted to four purposes----first, to maintain the poor; se condly, to repair the Churches ; thirdly, to maintain the Bishop ; and, fourthly, to support the Resident Minister. If the supporters of the rate argued from Judaism, he would de feat them by its practice—if from Christianity, by the maxims of our Saviour.—(Cheers. ) The great vice of the Church of England was adherence to these compulsory rates. She had produce I men such as Tillotson, Jeremy Taylor, and Barrow, who would be an honour to any cause : but when, instead of looking to such men, she looked to warrants and executions, and became the friend of lawyers, and the employer of lawyers, he could not help regarding her with contempt and scorn._ ( Cheers.) He would read the words of one of that " army cf martyrs," whom the Church honoured in her Liturgy, but did not honour in her law. The words of one who expired in the flames were surely better authority than the miserable quibbling they had heard to-night.--( Great cheering.) M r. N. proceeded to read the following extract from Bishop La timer's sermons :—" Take heed and beware of covetousness! Take heed and beware of covetousness ! Take heed and beware ofeovetousness ! And what if I say nothing these three or four hours but these few words ? Great complaint there was against it, much crying out, and much p reac hi ng —but little a mendment. Covetousness is the root of all evil : therefore, strike at that root—aye, out with your axes, ye preachers, and strike at that root. Stand not ticking and toying at t he branches, for new branch e s may spr i ng forth again, but s trike at the root. Fear not these great men, these men of power, but strike at the root." Mr. N. concluded an eloquent and argumentative speech, to which we regret our inability to do justice, by moving (amidst tremendous cheering), two resolu tions, to the effect that compulsory Church-rates were bad in principle and worse i n p ract i ce, and that a voluntary subscrip tion should be commenced to defray the expences attendant on the Old Church. After some further discussion the Vestry decided, as we yesterday stated, against the rate. General Goblet, the Belgian Ambassador i n Portu gal, is daily expected in England. Apartments are engaged for his Ex cellency and suite at the Brunswick Hotel, JerMyn.strcet. CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.—A man, appa rently upwards of fifty years of age, named William Roberts, blacksmith, of Ridgeway. street, Islington, was brought up at the New Bailey, OR Saturday, charged with bigamy, under the following circumstances : A woman, who appeared to be not more than half as old as the prisoner, stated that she was married to him at the Collegiate Church in March last ; but lie told her before they were married that he had another wife living. The prisoner, in his defence, said that was quite true; but his marriage to his first wife was illegal, because she had another husband living at the time he was married to her; and after his marriage, the first husband was continually coming to his house, in Newton-lane, and "bothering him." The prisoner's first wife, a woman of fifty, then came forward, and said that the prisoner was her third husband, and her second husband was living at the time she married him ; but she left him, because she found that he (the second husband) had another wife. — As, under these circumstances, both the first and second marriage of the prisoner was illegal, he was, of course, discharged.—Manchcster Guardian. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. as we shall incontrovertibly do, historical truth and the honour of our country. The inopportunity of the discussion (if it be inopportune) is not chargeable on us ; we only answer a call loudly, and repeatedly, and authoritatively made—and made as it seems advisedly for this special occasion." By the last arrivals from the West Indies we learn that in • addition to Nevis, Tortola, and Montserrat, the Legislatures of 13arbadoes, St. Vincent's, and St. Christopher's have agreed to the measures recommended to them by the Government for ' abolishing the apprenticeship systeF, and giving complete freedom to the negroes on the Ist of August next. There are strong reasons to believe that the same course will be ge nerally followed in the other West Indian Colonies, including Jamaica, where it was understood that the subject havinr, been brought under the consideration of the C ounc il b y the Go vernor, that body were unanimous in favour of such a measure. Sir L. Smith had summoned the Legislature for the sth of June, for the express purpose of considering this question. In no instance had any disturbance taken place, nor were any apprehensions entertained of the interrup tion of public order and tranquillity. Such is the auspi cious and encouraging aapect of affairs in the West Indies at the present moment, with reference to a question which has occupied so much of the public attention in this country. All that the friends of the negroes could desire for them appears to be in the course of accomplishment amicably, without disorder, and in that manner and by that agency which yields the best promise of good feeling between employ ers and labourers, and of the consequent establishment of a system of free labour justly remunerated, and willingly rendered. We confess we looked forward with considerable apprehension to the consequences of the defeat of the mo tion for terminating apprenticeships on the Ist of August next, and we made no secret of our opinion at the time ; and we therefore most sincerely rejoice at this result of that course which the Government deemed themselves bound to pursue, in opposing the immediate abolition of the apprenticeship by parliamentary enactment, while they ear nestly recommended to the colonial legislatures the adoption of a measure which cannot fail to promote the interests of all classes of colonial society. We are aware that that course has exposed them to a temporary sacrifice of popularity, and to much misrepresentation ; but, on the other hand, they will derive great advantage in their future communications with the West Indian colonies, in being clear from the slightest impu tation of bad faith, or of a departure from the spirit and the principle of the Act of 1833. Their conduct has entitled them to the e wdial cooperation of all persons connected with West India property, in whatever measures may be necessary for securing to the emancipated population the full enjoyment of freedom—a co-operation which we are convinced will be willingly rendered by the great body of proprietors in this country. —Morning Chronicle. One provision in Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's " Custody of In fants Bill," which gives to mothers access to their children when separated from their husbands, unless proved guilty of infidelity, has excited the wrathful opposition of the writer of a pamphlet just forwarded to us, entitled " A brief exposure of the most immoral and dangerous tendency of a Bill affecting the rights of Parents, now under the consideration of Par __ Nothing can be more complete and irrefragable than the demonstration which the Reviewer gives from French autho rities that the present pretension of the French to a victory at Toulouse in April, 1814, is a mere imposture, which nothing but the most frantic rational vanity could swallow. This proof is, however, enlivened by many keen cuts of sarcasm and diverting allusions, which we have not space to particu larise. We must not, however, omit to mention the first and last occasions of the Duke of Wellington's encountering Marshal Soult in battle. The recital of the two occurrences affords a good display of the lively vigour of the Reviewer's style:-- " The first encounter between them was at Oporto, on the 12th of May, 1809, when Sir Arthur Wellesley crossed the Douro in face of the Marshal Duke of Dalmatia, attacked, routed, and forced him to re treat so precipitately that Wellesley absolutely ate the dinner that had been dressed for the Duke of Dalmatia, and the latter escaped into Spain in utter confusion by mountain roads and by-ways, leaving be. bind him a fourth of his army, and all his artillery, equipments, and baggage." This was the first occasion ; here is the last :-- `' He (Soult) was destined again as the Major-General of Bonaparte's Staff to meet the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, where was obtained, as all the world knows, such another victory as that of Toulouse; and it is curious enough (these little anecdotes lead to important inferences) that as Sir Arthur Wellesley had on the first day they ever met deprived the Marshal of his dinner, se it happened that on this last occasion the Buke of Wellington deprived him of his supper, for we have heard that a supper was attually prepared for Napoleon and his Staff—and of course for tke chief of his Stall—at the old Count de Merode's in Brussels on the evening of the 18th of Julie, 1815, but the Duke of Wellington again interposed his veto, and Marshal Soult and his Emperor, and what was left of his army, `went supperless to bed.'" Commenting with becoming gravity upon these two inci dents, the Reviewer proceeds to intimate that, as the Duke of Wellington is equally known for his magnanimity and hospi tality, he does not doubt that when Marshal Soult shall ar rive in this country, in his new, and as the Reviewer hopes, more fortunate character, of a man of peace, his Grace will rememember that he owes the Duke of Dalmatia, besides a few sprigs of laurel, a dinner and a supper !--11:forning Post. MISS BRUCE, MR. J. PARRY, AND MADAME BONNIAS'S CONCERTS. The benefit concerts come on so thick upon us at this season of the year that it is scarcely possible to attend to the calls they make upon our time and space. In addition many of them are got up in so careless and clumsy a manner, and so many disappointments and consequent changes take place that, if critical acumen were exercised in its fullest I and strictest sense, our remarks would appear to be harsh and in vidious. A mere general notice on some occasions will, therefore, be most consonant to our feelings, as well as most merciful to the parties concerned with many of these ill-concocted concerts. We do not, however, in. tend these observations to apply in their most unlimited sense to the concert of Miss Bruce and Mr. J. Parry yesterday afternoon, which was an admirable one. The principal singers were Madame Cinti Damoreau, Miss Alfred Shaw, Miss Rainfortb, Miss Woodham, Miss M. B. Hawes, Miss Masson, Miss Bruce herself, with Signors Ivanoff and Guibelei, Mr. James Bennett, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Parry, &c. &c. A most excellent band was led by Mr. Blagrovc, and conducted by Sir George Smart. Madame Dulcken played a fantasia on the piano-forte, and Mr. J. B. Chatterton (harp), Richardson (flute), Mr. Lindley, Mr. Willman, and Signor Puzzi, played solo parts. In the evening, Madame Bonnias's concert, at the same place, (the Hanover square Rooms,) attracted a fair amount of fashionable company, a large proportion of whom were foreigners. At this concert Ivanoff, Guibelei, De Begnia, Catone, Sanquirico, &c. sang, with, of the fairer sex, Madlle. Caremoli, Miss Woodham, &c. Signorina Milanolo, the extra ordinary performer on the ♦iolin, played a solo of Mayseder, with incon ceivable taste and beauty of tone in one so young and fragile in appear ance ; and the Russian family sang several pieces. Of the latter we re gret we cannot speak in very high terms. It was, in our opinion, a very common-place affair, and wholly out of character in a respectable concert room. The performances did not conclude till near midnight. liament." Ilad the writer not suffered his zeal so egregiously to outrun his discretion, some portions of his r amphlet would be deserving of attention ; but starting with the assertion that the Bill is "immoral," " anti-Christian," " unconstitu tional," "unjust," " impracticable," " ineffectual," " incon sistent," and " absurd," he endeavours, through a series of arguments based on the most debased and profligate opinion of the female sex, to prove that if women separated from their husbands be once admitted access to their children there will be no longer scarcely any guarantee for their fidelity to the marriage bed. The tenour of these arguments may be understood from the following brief extract, which shows, in pretty pl a i n t erms , th e au th or ' s es ti ma t e o f t h e female Cha racter " You cannot take away the least of the safeguards of domestic virtue without an injury to public morality. What madness, then, and afro. cious wickedness it would be to take away not merely the least, not merely one out of a number, but the greatest, the last, the only remain. ing bar against the outbreak of ever-tempting lusts, and then hope that they will afterwards restrain themselves on account of your impotent good wishes, and unheeded sermons, and vain regrets. As well might you expect, when you have unbarred the cages of so many wild beasts, that they will remain quietly in them at the wish of their keepers." This language would be apposite to the lord of a harem, but it evinces a lamentable misconception of the sentiment which in enlightened and Christian communities should form the men eve for firmest bond of u n i on b etween man an d w if e. If t h e argu ments of the p am phl et b e worth anyth i ng, t h ey wou ld ope rate directly r t entering h pr preservation a t t ihoen of i married state, for no man w ith t h e least refinement or delicacy of feeling would against be indebted wife's honour to the indirect and coercive influences which are here recommended as essential to its preservation. It is incumbent upon husbands to watch over, cherish, and protect their wives ; but who, except the most gross minded sensualist, or mean-spirited man, incapable of appre ciating the higher and holier sentiment which cements the marriage contract, would so far forfeit his own dignity as to live as a spy upon the conduct of a woman over whose affec tions or moral feelings he had no controul, and whose licen tiousness was restrained only—like the liberty of a wild beast in its prison—by the physical barriers opposed to its action ? In equally bad taste is the introduction of the name of a lady es a party to the preparation of the Bill, casting upon her the imputation of a crime of which a Jury of her cauntry had acquitted her. Some sensible observations, however, arc made on the evils which may result from having children the witnesses of the quarrels of parents who live unhappily toge ther; but otherwise the pamphlet appears rather to be written by a party writhing under the infliction he so injudiciously endeavours to guard against, than by one coolly reflecting upon the relative bearings of the subject as a statesman or philosopher.—Morning Advertiser. In the new number of the Quarterly Review, published this morning, there is an article advertised under the title of " Marshal Soult and the Battle of Toulouse," which, from the peculiar circumstances of the present period, will pro bably give rise to no inconsiderable sensation. Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, is coming here—if he he not already come —as Ambassador Extraordinary from the Court of the Tuile ries on the occasion of her Majesty's Coronation. It has been said, and upon tolerably good unofficial authority, that another person was originally intended for this extraordinary mission, an d that in consequence of come suggestions from London that 'Mention was altered, and the appointment conferred upon Marshal Soult. This rumour has, however, met something like official contradiction, and it is 'Ministerially asserted here t h a t the appointment of the Ambassador Extra ordinary is altogether the spontaneous act of King Louis Philippe. Be that as it may, the selection does not seem to have been a happy one. Not but that Marshal Soult is a person of very great eminence, and in the art of war inferior to none of the remarkable Men who distinguished themselves in Napoleon's campaigns. Had Soult been en or dinary man it would not have tasked the energies of the Duke o f Wellington as it did to drive him and the army which he commanded out of Spain. But there arc certain points in Marshal Soult's career, and especially one, which certainly renders him not the very fittest person to represent the French nation upon a congratulatory occasion in England. We shall mention the one to which we especially advert. When the Marshal was sorely vexed, as he had no doubt good reason to be , by repeated beatings, during the months of Fehrusry and March, 1814, while retreating upon the French frontier, he sent forth a proclamation, which is thus noticed by Captain Hamilton in his " Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns" : It was at this period that another proclamation, couched in that vituperative style to which the French Marshals were overwceningly partial, was put forth by Soult. In this do cument he not only overloaded the British nation with abuse, but descended to the adoption of the coarsest invectives against his great and successful competitor. This was un worthy of Marslial Soult, and, in affording such evidence of a .rounded spirit, he only gave additional splendour to that repu tation which he felt with bitterness to have overshadow e d hi s own," In this description of the Marshal's outpouring of abusive hatred, we believe Captain Hamilton has used the very mildest terms which the document he describes would admit of, and it will, we think, be allowed that the utterer of such a document ought scarcely to be sent to compliment the British nation at a moment of general rejoicing. But it may b e s aid, • " Why advert to this matter now ? Why return to the affairs over which four. and-twenty years have rolled, for the purpose of marring the harmony of the present time ?" Th e Quarterly Review answers this. It it not we in Eng land who commence this revival of bygone affairs, but the French Press and the French Government. Within th'ese two months two works have appeared in Paris, claiming for the French and Marshal Soult the victory of Tou louse I Three years ago when some frantic persons broached t his idea, and proposed a monument at Toulouse to com memorate the French victory there, it was spoken of by some French Journals as a ridiculous project ; but now it seems that " the Minister of Finance has directed that the sum of one thousand francs be placed at the disposal of the Mayor and authorities of the city of Toulouse, in aid of the monument to be erected in honour of the battle of the 10th of April, 1814." At the same time that this official announcement was made it was also announced that Marshal Soult, who commanded the French in that battle, was to represent the King of the French at the Coronation of the Queen of England. " This an nouncement," says the QUarterly Review, " was made in a Paper—(La Presse, edited by M. de Girardin, a respectable Ministerial Member of the Chamber of Deputies)—which is supposed to speak with some authority the sentiments of King Louis Philippe, in the following manner. After stating that notwithstanding some ambiguous paragraphs in the Monitcur—Marshal Soult had been selected for this honour, it is added There is great tact in having chosen this name—the most considerable which the Empire and the restoration have bequeathed to France. There is in Marshal Soult as much of Pure as of past service—let A curious incident occurred at Union Hall on us show him, therefore, with pride to our friends, as tee may Tuesday last, while arrangements were making for the purpose of .get one day sh ow t h em w ith con fidence to our enemies.'" ling Hubbard out at the rear of the office. The Duke of Brunswick, Tho rece n tl y pu bli s h e d works which we have mentioned as who was present, probably with a view of facilitating Hubbard's exit laying c l a i m to the v i ctory o f Toulouse for the French arc the from the office without molestation from the crowd, said, " If I were works revi ewe d i n t h e ar ti c le of the Quarterly now before us. you, Hubbard, I would cut off those whiskers, and that would disguise you sufficiently to enable you to get away without risk." Hubbard had Of his claim the reviewer writes as follows : no conception at the time m to the rank of the individual by whom ho " The claim itself is so extravagant, and the pretences on which it was addressed, and his reply was, seeing that the Duke wore large mus h; advanced are so utterly futile, that we should have no snore thought tachios, " If I were you I would cut off those black patches you wear of taking notice of them than if these writers had undertaken to prove upon your upper lip, and I think it would improve your beauty." The that Marshal Soult had won the battle of Agincourt ; but this attempt— Duke said, "But it is my fashion." Hubbard—" Well, if it is your so ridiculous in itself—assumes a certain degree of extraneous import_ fashion to wear so much hair over your mouth, it is my fashion to wear ance when taken in connection with other publications, and other cir. the pair of whiskers you new see, and I shall not cut them off, for I cumstances, which have been just at this moment directed from several have done nothing of a criminal nature that should make me attempt to different quarters to this special object. disguise myself." " We know not whether our good friends the French may have speculated upon thi s as a f av ourable moment for advancing their claims During the past week a vast number of persons to a victory over one whom have visited the Lower Lode, near Tewkesbury, they never had defeated, and who had beaten to witness a colt about in succession th e i r great E mpero r and • all his Marshals, from an expect_ a fortnight old , which when foaled is stated to have been cream - coloured, ation that B r iti s h h osp i tal i ty wou ld rather submit in silence to such an but by some miraculous feat has since become formed and striped similar insulting claim th an cl ou d the visit of Marshal Soult to the British Court to a zebra! Its sire was an ass—the dam a Galloway, the property of by asserting th e disagre ea ble truths with which the subject is pregnant. Mr. John Westbury, Tewkesbury.—Wilts Independent. If such was their expectation they have been mistaken. We certainly A lady having discovered after her marriage that should not have c h osen suc h a moment for such a discussion. The her husband had once been a convict at the hulks, subject to a peine French have male that choice themselves ; and the question has been in./an/ante, instituted a suit in nullity of marriage en the ground that just at this time brought forward not only' by the private partisans of she was ignorant of this fact at the time of the contract but the Tri- Marshal Soult, but by the public authorities of France, and even by the bunal, after several deliberations, delivered a few days ago a decree Government itself. We, therefor e, have n o o ptio n between sanctioning, confirming the marriage, and declaring that not a moral, but a physical by our acquiescence, what we deem to be an i mpos t ure , an d ! indicating, deception, alone formed ground for a divorce.—Frcnch Paper. UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE. CAMBEIDeE, JUNE 23.—SirWilliam Browne's Medals.__ On Wednesday last these medals were adjudged as follows : Latin Ode—Edward Balston, King's College. Subject—Academia Cantobrigiensis Reginw Vittorio soliuna avitum conscendenti gratulatur. Greek and Latin Epigrams—Philip'Freeman, Trin. College. Subjects : For the Greek Epigram-4c,0n10 - TY,c For the Latin Epigram—Sui amans sine rivali. Greek Gde—Not adjudged. The Rev. PhiliP — Kellat;d, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College, in this University, was on the 12th instant elected Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edin burgh. On the 9th inst., the Rev. Humphrey Genhouse Pinder, M.A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, in this Univer sity, was presented by the Master and Fellows of that Society to the Rectory of Bratton Fleming,'North Devon, vacant by the .death of the Rev. W. Gimingham. The Rev. C. J. Cartwright, B. A., of St. John's College, in this University, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. The Rev. John M'Maron Wilder, B. A., of Emmanuel College, in this University, has been presented to the Rectory of Thornham, with Allingham Vicarage, Kent. Patrons— Sir John Marshall, Rev. W. J. G. Phillips, and Mrs. Phillips SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACE S.—YEsTERDA r. These races terminated yesterday with two wretched made-up stakes, and a company moderate in fashion and number. The weather was unfavourable in the morning, but became fine abent one o'clock, and continued so during the running, of which the fol lowing brief aceount will suffice : The Opening Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. Heats, once round and a distance. 4 Subs. Mr. Palmer's Bravo, 5 yrs, 9st. 31b... ...... Coleman, jun 2 1 1 Mr Garrard's Rienzi, 4 yrs, Bst. 101 b 1 2 dr Mr. Anther's Mat Bryce, 4 yrs, Bst. 101 b Mr. Powell's Harold (half-bred), 6 yrs, Bst. 131 h 4 dr Two good heats. Some dissatisfaction was expressed at Rienzi being drawn after winning the first heat, and being within half-a length of the next. A Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, with 40 added, for all ages. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Garrard's Slang (h. b. ), aged Hornsby 1 2 1 Mr. Powell's Harold, 6 yrs Mr. Palmer's Bravo, 5 yrs Won cleverly. Harold fell lame after the second heat. ..... _ .. The following is the race left undecided when we quitted the course on Thursday : The Hampton Court Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 34 sots. added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Adams's Anna, 3 yrs Sly 1 1 Mr. Shepherd's Jim Crow, 4 yrs Mr. Garrard's Rienzi, 4 yrs 3 dr Won easy. In conclusion, we should state the conduct of the new police, under Inspector Steed, of the A division, which was entitled to the highest praise ; their force was small but effective., BUXTON RACES, TVEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup, value 100 guineas, the gift of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., and only sif declared, &e. The second to save his stake. 15 Subs., two of whom declared, &c. Twice round and a distance. Mr. T. Walters's King Cole, No yrs, Bst. 81b 1 Mr. G. Cook's Red Rover, aged, Bst. 61b ') - Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged, Bst. Sib The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Rees's b. m. Patsy, by Langar, aged, Bst. 41b ; INIr. Robinson's ch. h. Whaley, by Langar, S yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Mr. Simpson na. b. g. The Stag, by Actwop, 6 yrs, 7st. 9 1 b; Mr. Phillips's ch. f. The Maid of Mouton, by Recovery, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Gasparoni, by St. Nicholas, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b ; and Mr. T. Worth ington's b. c. by Battledore's dam, by Filho, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b. l r hut were y 2 Betting-3 to 1 agst King Cole. A good race. Sweepst a k es o f 20 sovs. each, h . f t., an d 20 a dd e d, f or t wo y ears T. Walter's the First old ; c o lt s , s st. 31 b ; fillies, Bst. Winners once, 31b ; twice, Sib. extra. T. Y. C., a b out h a lf a m il e. Mr. Mr. T. Worthi ng t on ' s c h . f. by Recover The following also llay started, not placed :—Mr. E. Buck_ ley's br. 1. Hogmanay, by C o l w i c k, ou t o f C ur i os i ty ; M r . E. Buckley's ch. f. by Muley, out of Miss Orville, by Pendululn ; and Mr. Lacey's ch. c. Vapour, by Vanish, out of Sister to Ludlow. Won easy. KINGSTON RACES, IVIIDNESDA r. The Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft., with 20 added, for horses of all denominations; heats, once round and the long length ; were won in two heats, by Mr. Gough's ch. g. Hatfield, half-bred, 5 yrs, Sst. 61b. (Pigeon), beating Mr. Tran ter's b. g. Cholstrey, half-bred, 6 yrs, Sst. 41b; Mr Stephenson's ch. g. True Blue, half-bred, aged, 9st. 21b ; Mr. Smith's Gorse bush, 4 yrs, ist. 91b ; and Mr. Thompson's b. f. Woodman, half bred, aged, Bst. 101 b., after a capital race. The Town Subscription Purse of 157., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, for horses that never started before ; a winner 51b. extra. Heats, once round and the length. 12 Sub s . .., Mr. Morris's b. f. by Hesperus, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b ...C. Hardy 1 1 Mr. J. Weyman's ch. g. by Eastgrove, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. Colliers ch. g. by Astb ur y, 3 yrs , Bst. 1b... 5 3 Mr. Roberts's Bachelor (h. b.), 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Mr. Jones's Reliance, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b 3 5 Won cleverly. A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 15 sovs. added by the Fund, and 10 sovs. by James Ackers, ,Esq. lleats, onca round and the long length. Mr. Wascoe's Nap, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b Mr. Waters's Cleone, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b Mr, Weyman's Eastgrove (h. b.), 4 yra, 7st Mr. Love's Fenton George (h. b.), aged, 7st. lib Won easy. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT. (Before Lord DENMAN and Mr. Baron BOLLAND.) Hertfordshire—Wednesday, July 11, at Hertford. Essex—Monday, July 16, at Chelmsford. Surrey—Monday, July 23, at Guildford. Sussex—Saturday, July 28, at Lewes. Kent—Monday, August 6, at Maidstone. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Justice Boss.!Num) Northamptonshire—Monday, July 16, at Northampton. Rutlandshire—Friday, July 20, at Oakham. Lincolnshire and City of Lincoln —Saturday, July 21, at Lincoln. Nottinghamshire and town of Nottingham—Thureday, July 26, at Nottingham. Derbyshire—Saturday, July 21, at Derby. Leicestershire and borough of Leicester — Weduesda7 August I, at Leiceter. Warwickshire—Saturday, August 4, at Warwick. City of Coventry—Same day, at Coventry. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Justice PARKE and Air Justice LITTLEDALE.) Buckinghamshire —Wednesday, July 18, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire—Saturday, July 21, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Wednesday, July 25, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Friday, July 27, at Cambridge. Suffolk—Wednesday, August 1, at Bury St. Edmund's. Norfolk and City of Norwich—Saturday, Aug. 4, at Norwich. . _ OXFO .tD CHICUIT. (Before Lord A BINGE and Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Berkshire—Thursday, July 5, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Saturday, July J, at Oxford. Worcestershire and City of Wo:ccster—Wednesday, July 11, at Wor. cester. Staffordshire—Saturday, July 14, at Stafford. Shropshire---Thursday, July 19, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Monday, July 23, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Wednesday, July 9. 5, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire and City of Gloucester—Saturday, July2B, at Gloucester. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice WILLIAM >,) Yorkshire and City of York—Saturday, July 7, at York. Durham—Saturday, July 21, at Durham. Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Wednesday, July 23, at Newcastle-upen.Tyne. Cumberland—Monday, July 30, at Carlisle. Westmoreland—Thursday, August 2 , at Appleby. Lancashire (North Division)—Saturday, Augi.st 4, at Lanca.ter. L mcashire (South Division)—Thursday, August 9, at Liverpool. WESTERN CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE and Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) Hampshire—Thursday, July 12, at Winchester. Dorsetshire—Wednesday, July 18, at Dorchester. Devonshire and City of Exeter—Saturday, July 21, at Exeter. Cornwall—Saturday, July 28, at Bodmin. Somersetshire —Saturday, August 4, at Wells. Wiltshire—Saturday, August 11, at Devizes. Bristol—Thursday, August 16, at Bristol. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Justice VAUGHA N.) Montgomeryshire—Saturday, July 14, at Welshpool. Merionethshire—Wednesday, July 18, at Dolgelly. Carnarvonshire—Saturday, July 28, at Carnarvon. Anglesey—Wednesday, July 2 5. at Beaurnaris. Denbighshire—.caturday, July 128, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Wednesday, August 1, at Mold. Cheshire—Saturday, August 4, at Chester. SJUTH WALES CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) Glamorganshire—Saturday, July 7, at Cardiff. Carmarthenshire and Borough of Carmathen—Friday, July 13, at Car. marthen. Pembrokeshire and Town of Haverfordwest—Thursday, July 19, at Havcrfordwest. Cardiganshire—Monday, July 23, at Cardigan. Brecknockshire—Friday, July 27, at Brecon. Radnorshire—Wednesday, August 1, at Presteign, Cheshire—Saturday, August 4, at Chester. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JuNr, 22. THE QUEEN V. GEO. AND MARIA ANDSELL, WM. AND HARRIET ANDSELI., DEAN AND SLADE, AND MARY GRANT. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that this was an informa tion which he had felt it his duty to file against the defendants in the exercise of his office of Attorney-General, for having fraudulently conspired to impose upon the Court of Chancery, and to defraud Mr. Lyon Gompertz of property to which that gentleman was lawfully entitled. In 1771 Mr. Henry Isaacs, a gentleman possessed of considerable property, made his will. He had one son named Isaac Isaacs. To that son he left a life interest in the chief part of the property, but he directed accumulations for the benefit of his eldest grandson, Benja min Isaacs, who was to come into possession of them on at taining his age of 25. Benjamin, too, was to repay a life in terest in the property, the whole of which was to be transferred to the eldest son of Benjamin, if that son should reach 21. If Benjamin had no issue then the property was to go to Joseph Isaacs, the second son of Isaac Isaacs, and also the testator's grandson. The limitation to him was the same as to his elder brother Benjamin. He was to have a life inte rest in the property, which was to go in remainder to his eldest legitimate son. In the event of the failure of lawful male issue of the testator's two grandsons, the property was to go to a nephew of the testator, a Mr. Gompertz, and to his eldest son. The Learned Gentleman then went at length into the circumstances of the case. The proceedings in Court were produced, and a great mass of documentary evidence connected therewith was read. Several witnesses having been examined Mr. ERLE, for the defendants George and Maria Ansdell, contended that there was no case whatever to go to the Jury to support the charge of conspiracy. There was no proof that anything. whatever had been done with the design of fraud, or with a belief that whit was stated was not true. The whole case here depended, first, on the question whether Isaac Jo seph Isaacs was or was not legitimate; and, secondly, if he was illegitimate, whether these defendants knew that he was illegitimate, and knowing him to be so, had falsely and fraudu lently represented him to be legitimate. Mary Grant was acquitted. Sir W. FOLLETT, for the defendants Mr. and Mrs. Ansdell, insisted that whatever doubt there might he about the legiti macy of Isaac Joseph Isaacs, there could not possibly be any about that of Henry Gurling Isaacs, and that, therefore, his clients were legally entitled, as the representatives of that per son, to his property. Mr. KELLY, for the defendant Dean, while he admitted the impropriety of Dean's conduct in taking a gratuity for his pro fessional labour from the parties for whom be was concerned, declared that it afforded no proof of a guilty conspiracy. Mr. CROWDER, for the defendant Slade, was convinced that there was not, throughout the evidence, one perticle of proof to affect the character of Mr. Slade, whom he trusted the jury would at once relieve from the stigma now wickedly attempted to be cast upon him. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,Juivr 22. (Continued from our First Edition of )esterday.) COLLINS V. EVANS. Witnesses were called in support of Mr. Sergeant Wilde's statement of the defence. Mr. Sergeant STORKS having replied, The Lord CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evidence at great length, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 25 /. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 22. lIRMINGSWAY V. HAMILTON AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover between 2.000/. and 3,000/., and was brought by the captain of a vessel against some mer chants at Liverpool, his employers. After a long conference between the counsel on either side it was agreed that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for the damages in the decla ration, subject to a reference. ARCHES' COURT, JUNK 22. GRANT V. GRANT. This is a suit for divorce on the grounds of adultery, pro moted by Captain Grant against Maria Theresa his wife. The libel given in on behalf of the party proceeding charged the lady with adultery on board of the Lord Lowther, on a voyage from Canton to England, Captain Vincent, the alleged parti ceps criminis, being the master of the ship ; and sets up a specific accusation of adultery alleged to have been committed on the 21st of December in Regency-square, Brighton, the residence of Captain Grant, who, at the period in question, was engaged in town. The parties were married in India, in August, 1825, the issue of the marriage being six children. An allegation was this day offered for admission responsive to the above charges. • The Court, having gone thrciugh the various articles of the allegation, considered that they were entitled to admission, with the exception of the last. It accordingly directed it to be reformed by striking out that article. Ninety-five dozen of apricots were taken from one tree, in the garden of Mr. Saunders, of Highworth, last week, for the purpose of thinning the crop, and it is supposed as many more are left on the tree to ripen.— Wilts Independent. COItONATION OF HER MAJESTY.—The most correct account of the ceremonies of the Coronation of the Queen, illustrated with Explanatory Prints, will appear in the Observer of 3unday, the Ist of July. A Monday afternoon edition ci the Observer is regularly published, most desirable for the country and foreign dr. culation. 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